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Nancy Walch
Partner

Nancy founded Walch Consulting in 1973 based on her passion for supporting inspired leaders and making life better for people by building strong, healthy relationships among the business, nonprofit and government sectors.

Nancy enjoys the challenge and creativity involved in responding to the rich diversity of her client's needs, which include refocusing the efforts of well-established corporate foundations, providing guidance to those developing new foundations, and coaching individual leaders with the responsibility of taking their organization to the next level.

From its inception, Nancy has provided leadership development and strategic planning services to a wide range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies (Nissan North America, Edison International, Southern California Edison, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.), leading national nonprofit organizations (The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Japanese American National Museum) to local and regional start-up community service organizations.

Nancy has served for many years on the Corporate Committee of Southern California Grantmakers, the Executive Committee of ArtTable and made numerous presentations at conferences sponsored by ArtTable, Southern California Grantmakers, the Conference Board and the Association for Small Foundations.




Richard Walch
Partner

Richard joined Walch Consulting after 20+ years leading the largest metropolitan bar association in the United States, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where he served as General Counsel and Executive Director.

Under his direction, the 27,000 member association dedicated itself to advancing the administration of justice, increasing access to justice for the underrepresented and meeting the professional needs of lawyers. In addition to providing continuing legal education and other professional programs and activities for lawyers, the Association sponsored and operated numerous public service projects, annually providing free and low cost legal, mediation and other services to more than 625,000 people.

As a former head of a nonprofit organization, Richard brings to Walch Consulting hands-on experience with a full range of management issues from governance, leadership development, strategic planning and personnel issues to building strategic relationships with the business community.

Among his many civic and professional achievements, Richard served as President of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Southern California Law Center and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

 
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